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Business Employment Dynamics Regional Historical Table

Private sector gross job gains and job losses for the United States and States, by Census Regions and Divisions, three months ended March 2023, seasonally adjusted
Area Gross Job Gains Gross Job Losses
Total Back
Data
As a percent
of total
employment
Back
Data
Total Back
Data
As a percent
of total
employment
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Data

United States(1)

8,041 6.2 7,065 5.4

Midwest Region

East North Central Division

Illinois

302,001 5.8 252,853 4.8

Indiana

152,428 5.5 137,357 5.0

Michigan

214,563 5.7 187,424 4.9

Ohio

276,221 5.8 229,257 4.9

Wisconsin

150,237 6.0 121,931 4.9

West North Central Division

Iowa

79,072 6.0 69,866 5.4

Kansas

71,362 6.1 63,683 5.4

Minnesota

142,357 5.7 121,788 4.9

Missouri

159,576 6.5 126,409 5.1

Nebraska

52,700 6.3 43,272 5.1

North Dakota

26,282 7.6 19,560 5.6

South Dakota

27,136 7.2 21,836 5.9

Northeast Region

New England Division

Connecticut

87,749 6.1 75,054 5.3

Maine

41,777 7.7 32,865 6.2

Massachusetts

185,080 5.8 150,369 4.7

New Hampshire

41,836 7.0 35,077 5.9

Rhode Island

31,968 7.5 25,190 5.9

Vermont

20,856 8.2 14,980 6.0

Middle Atlantic Division

New Jersey

225,314 6.1 206,205 5.7

New York

519,705 6.5 415,967 5.1

Pennsylvania

291,327 5.5 246,312 4.6

South Region

South Atlantic Division

Delaware

26,861 6.7 20,741 5.2

District of Columbia

30,796 5.9 24,750 4.8

Florida

536,274 6.3 474,307 5.6

Georgia

257,840 6.2 240,875 5.8

Maryland

147,510 6.8 121,490 5.6

North Carolina

263,089 6.4 214,252 5.3

South Carolina

127,086 6.8 108,926 5.8

Virginia

202,603 6.2 172,074 5.2

West Virginia

38,724 7.1 29,218 5.3

East South Central Division

Alabama

107,346 6.4 92,757 5.5

Kentucky

102,867 6.1 82,015 4.9

Mississippi

56,698 6.1 53,845 5.7

Tennessee

162,157 5.9 137,669 5.0

West South Central Division

Arkansas

61,533 5.8 54,248 5.0

Louisiana

100,274 6.3 89,594 5.6

Oklahoma

83,640 6.3 70,808 5.3

Texas

693,258 5.9 583,324 5.0

West Region

Mountain Division

Arizona

162,184 5.9 147,769 5.4

Colorado

174,762 7.2 157,244 6.5

Idaho

56,541 7.9 53,049 7.5

Montana

36,820 8.7 30,286 7.1

Nevada

81,960 6.2 76,372 5.7

New Mexico

45,462 6.8 39,692 5.9

Utah

100,736 7.0 87,902 6.2

Wyoming

18,858 8.9 16,565 7.8

Pacific Division

Alaska

25,502 10.4 19,548 8.0

California

950,611 6.1 998,801 6.4

Hawaii

28,383 5.5 25,797 5.0

Oregon

122,824 7.3 104,113 6.1

Washington

192,039 6.4 164,600 5.5

Puerto Rico

37,998 5.1 42,503 5.7

Virgin Islands

1,838 7.5 1,613 6.5

Footnotes
(1) Numbers in thousands.

Source: Business Employment Dynamics is a set of statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. These quarterly data series consist of gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward.